[Its.an.education.project] Constructivist education in action

[Edward Cherlin]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Yoshiki Ohshima <yoshiki at vpri.org> wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  There was a question on the OLPC News about real world examples of
> the constructivist theory in education and I was reminded about Reggio
> Emilia, Italy.  It is well-known among educators but perhaps not among
> computer hackers so I thought I'd share it.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggio_Emilia_approach

Hot stuff.

Added to Wiki, Constructionism, and Constructivist Schools.

>  I visited a "scuola" there a few years back, and I can tell you that
> the constructivist theory can be successful if there is serious
> attention on kids and kids education from teachers and parents.  The
> city is willing to spend sizable chunk of their budget on 3 month to 6
> years old education.  (I was told that beyond 6 years old, the city
> doesn't have the control, and the organizers and teachers really
> regret that.)
>
>  It is in a developed country, it has budget, and it is not about
> laptop (although they were experimenting computers and technology with
> kids a bit), and it has strong focus on education and curriculum
> (ahh^^;).  It cannot be more different perhaps but the contrast is
> great food of thought for our project.  (If you can, go there and
> see.)

I see a lot of cheerleading, but no references to evaluations. Can you
point us to any research papers?

> -- Yoshiki
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